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August 10th, 2008 | Posted in Misc, Stuff | 1 Comment
Went down the river without my little distracting friend and caught a nice big batch of crayfish.
Boiled them up in some salted water for about 6/7 minutes and they were delicious. Thought they might taste a bit muddy out of the river but once the gut is removed you are left with lovely clean tasting [...]
August 4th, 2008 | Posted in Misc, Stuff | No Comments
Took Sophie down to the river today for some cray fishing.
The river near us is teeming with the American “Signals” so it didn’t take to long to grab some little monsters.
Our high tech equipment inculded a plumb line I found in a draw with some bacon tied to it, plus a cheap fishing net we [...]
July 31st, 2008 | Posted in Misc, News, Stuff | No Comments
The New Yorker currently has a fascinating article about elevators/lifts called “Up and then Down”….trust me it’s more interesting than it sounds.
The article also tells the sad tale of Nicholas White who was trapped in a New York elevator for fourty-one hours, including an interesting time-lapse CCTV video of his ordeal.
April 16th, 2008 | Posted in Misc, Stuff | No Comments
All I want for christmas is a cuddly Cthulhu.
The great priest of the old ones of R’lyeh he of abject terror, horror and revulsion spoke of in the Necronomicon is quite cute in soft toy form.
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn
December 20th, 2007 | Posted in Stuff | No Comments
…the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.
As its that day again, a short documentary for your viewing pleasure.
November 5th, 2007 | Posted in Stuff | No Comments
Found this while shopping in Galloway & Porter, a lovely cheap bookshop in Cambridge where I can always be found when I’m visiting Cambridge.
Its a rather disturbing collection of short stories tied together with an overall plot about writers being invited to a three month writing retreat. I’m not convinced by the plot holding it [...]
October 23rd, 2007 | Posted in Stuff | No Comments
October 6th, 2007 | Posted in Stuff | No Comments
…………Demonoid is back up.
The best site for interesting torrents. If I know you and you ask me nicely I’ll send you an invite.
September 30th, 2007 | Posted in Stuff | No Comments
…I was mostly on holiday in the Peak District.
Very beautiful it is too although slightly damp and cold due to some unseasonal weather
Matlock Bath is utterly bonkers. They appear to have created a seaside in the middle of a load of hills, next to a river. Time stopped there around 1950. Nice but [...]
September 29th, 2007 | Posted in Stuff | No Comments